Icon

Font Awesome icons rendered via the PHP helper or raw <i> tags. Manhattan ships Font Awesome 6 and provides a convenient wrapper.

Common Icons

fa-check fa-info-circle fa-exclamation-triangle far fa-circle fa-spinner fa-spin fa-home fa-user fa-cog fa-trash fa-edit

Style Prefixes

fas (solid) far (regular) fab (brands)

// PHP helper (preferred)
<?= $m->icon('fa-check') ?>
<?= $m->icon('far fa-circle') ?>
<?= $m->icon('fas fa-spinner fa-spin') ?>

// Raw HTML (also valid)
<i class="fas fa-check"></i>

// JS helper — returns HTML string
var html = m.icon('fa-check');
var html2 = m.icon('fa-star', { style: 'far' });

PHP PHP Methods

Method / Property	Parameters	Description
`$m->icon($faName)`	`string $faName`	Render an icon. Accepts `fa-name`, `fas fa-name`, `far fa-name`, `fab fa-name`.
`->addClass($class)`	`string $class`	Add extra CSS classes to the icon element.
`->attr($name, $value)`	`string, ?string`	Set an HTML attribute on the icon.
`->data($name, $value)`	`string, ?string`	Set a `data-*` attribute.

JS JS API

Method / Property	Parameters	Description
`m.icon(faName, options)`	`string, ?object`	Returns an HTML string for a Font Awesome icon.

PHP Constructor Options (PHP)

Method / Property	Parameters	Description
`style`	`string`	Icon style prefix: `fas` (default), `far`, `fab`, `fal`, `fad`.
`ariaHidden`	`bool`	Set to `false` to make icon visible to screen readers (default: `true`).
`ariaLabel`	`string`	Adds `aria-label` and `role="img"` to the icon.